A new secret has been uncovered from the depths at the North Carolina Maritime Museum in Beaufort. And no, it’s not the infamous Queen Ann’s Revenge. It is a new exhibit that lets visitors take the drop into North Carolina’s rich surfing past and ride the wave through its incredible historical journey to becoming a cultural and economic staple of the coastal community.

A beautiful downtown deck space on Taylors Creek to sit, to relax and to reflect. To provide a maritime and eco educational platform for both the North Carolina Maritime Museum and Rachel Carson Preserve to launch and house classes and projects. To provide both a public and museum event area. An over the water public park for the community to gather, enjoy, and call its own.

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On this day in 1901 the Light Vessel no. 69 at Diamond Shoals off of Cape Hatteras was removed from its station assignment, sent for repairs at Portsmouth, Virginia and transferred to the 4th district (which covered from Shrewsbury Rocks, NJ to Metompkin Inlet, VA). LV 72 took up the responsibilities at Diamond Shoals.This image of the LV 69 was taken after a severe storm in 1899. ... See MoreSee Less

Fort Macon Garrisoned for Spanish-American War Feb 15, 2016 On February 15, 1898, Charles L. Abernathy, editor of the Beaufort Herald-Dispatch, wrote to U. S. Senator Marion Butler to point out that North Carolina’s Fort Macon was “in a dilapidated condition with a lone sentry in charge of it......

On this day in 1914, the schooner Bayard Hopkins of Baltimore Maryland grounded near the U.S. Life-Saving Station Cape Lookout. The Hopkins was enroute from Wiggins South Carolina to New York City with a load of lumber. About $650 worth of damage was done to the vessel. ... See MoreSee Less